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Good heavens, are you still trying to win? You've got an overdeveloped sense of vengence, that's going to get you in trouble someday.
— Count Rugen ‧ The Princess Bride
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker responds to continued resistance with mock surprise and a condescending warning about revenge. Calling the determination overdeveloped turns it into a supposed personal defect. The final prediction of trouble makes the rebuke sound almost advisory, even while it dismisses the other person's effort to win.
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